Hi guys,
I have a TF300T on 4.1.1, I was looking into dual booting with ubuntu & found out I needed an NVFlashable rom, then I found here I needed pre-JB. I had flashed roms before except I flashed back to stock (latest on asus website around 12/14/12) to use my cable providers TV application.
Which gave me the idea of flashing back to pre-jb...(would that even work...?) **I know that JB would update something other then the kernel (though I wouldnt know what since its not a phone and doesnt have basebands for each OS ver, unless it does....)
Either way, if any of you are using a TF300T dualbooted like the TF101 any information would help! Guide links, etc...anything that can be done via PC or MAC.
It would be great to do this as soon as possible as its a laptop replacement for class,
Thanks!
-Lilli
nxneko said:
Hi guys,
I have a TF300T on 4.1.1, I was looking into dual booting with ubuntu & found out I needed an NVFlashable rom, then I found here I needed pre-JB. I had flashed roms before except I flashed back to stock (latest on asus website around 12/14/12) to use my cable providers TV application.
Which gave me the idea of flashing back to pre-jb...(would that even work...?) **I know that JB would update something other then the kernel (though I wouldnt know what since its not a phone and doesnt have basebands for each OS ver, unless it does....)
Either way, if any of you are using a TF300T dualbooted like the TF101 any information would help! Guide links, etc...anything that can be done via PC or MAC.
It would be great to do this as soon as possible as its a laptop replacement for class,
Thanks!
-Lilli
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At this time you can't go backward from JB unless you had installed Nvflash and made the proper backups while still on ICS. It has been tried many times and many ways.
There is an arch linux in the developer section (dual boot). http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1918849
You have to unlock your tablet to use it. When you unlock you give up your warranty and support from Asus.
I have not tried Arch for sometime. When I tried in the past I was not pleased, my normal operating system (on my pc) is Ubuntu 11.10.
Good Luck!
tobdaryl said:
At this time you can't go backward from JB unless you had installed Nvflash and made the proper backups while still on ICS. It has been tried many times and many ways.
There is an arch linux in the developer section (dual boot). http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1918849
You have to unlock your tablet to use it. When you unlock you give up your warranty and support from Asus.
I have not tried Arch for sometime. When I tried in the past I was not pleased, my normal operating system (on my pc) is Ubuntu 11.10.
Good Luck!
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Its unfortunate, as long as arch is not bloated and clean...I suppose it might be fine. I couldn't stick to ICS even if I wanted to as my pad came with JB installed (White model; September).
nxneko said:
Its unfortunate, as long as arch is not bloated and clean...I suppose it might be fine. I couldn't stick to ICS even if I wanted to as my pad came with JB installed (White model; September).
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I suggest you read carefully the arch linux thread. I still don't find it a daily answer.
What do you wish to accomplish with your tablet that stock dosen't allow?
tobdaryl said:
I suggest you read carefully the arch linux thread. I still don't find it a daily answer.
What do you wish to accomplish with your tablet that stock dosen't allow?
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Simple things such as accessing steam & keeping up with my server nodes *Viewing information, Status, Etc (which I haven't found an app for that is not complete garbage) Theres stuff like connectbot for ssh & telnet but not what I need. Might just have to end up selling tablet for a cheap laptop or something.
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Simple things such as accessing steam & keeping up with my server nodes *Viewing information, Status, Etc (which I haven't found an app for that is not complete garbage) Theres stuff like connectbot for ssh & telnet but not what I need. Might just have to end up selling tablet for a cheap laptop or something.
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You have found an area that is certainly lacking.
Macbook Air 13 inch, maybe?
I'm sorry I couldn't help.
Good Luck!
tobdaryl said:
You have found an area that is certainly lacking.
Macbook Air 13 inch, maybe?
I'm sorry I couldn't help.
Good Luck!
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I could... part of it is via python but rest is for linux
nxneko said:
I could... part of it is via python but rest is for linux
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As luck would have it I am running a 13 inch Macbook Air.
I run Ubuntu 11.10 on the internal sdd and have OSX 10.6 and OSX 10.7 on external usb drives.
To get the fans to operate properly download the mac 64bit version and you should be good.
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/11.10/release/
Battery life is not as quite good as on OSX but respectable.
Maybe this will help.
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Hey there,
is there already a working kernel for the TF300T supporting loop devices to run Linux in a shell and accessing it via VNC?
I already tried Asus builds .17, .26, .29 as well as Cyanogen 9 experimental but evertime i tried, loop device creation failed.
It would be awesome to run Linux on the Transformer
Thanks for responses
That would be nice. Just tried it with AOKP and it didn´t work.
You're not the only one who would like this. One of the reasons I'm considering getting a keyboard dock is to run this very setup.
Of course. Many of us have got linux up and running already.
If you're talking about a chroot linux environment, that is.
All you need is root.
On WW, that is, but it would be strange if the other originals haven't got the same kernel.
That sounds interesting.
Could you provide us with a link or guide on how you or others got it working?
Best regards
You can check it out here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27257822
It works now for me. Seems .29 build has workin loop devices. In my case the bootscript for the ubuntu image was faulty (it contained wrong paths to busybox).
This thread covers what I needed: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585009
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Seems .29 build has workin loop devices.
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I used mine on .17 DE.
Is it possible to replace Android Ice-cream Sandwich with a linux/Ubuntu OS on an Asus Tablet?
Or is it best to wait a couple of years before trying this?
the lemming said:
Is it possible to replace Android Ice-cream Sandwich with a linux/Ubuntu OS on an Asus Tablet?
Or is it best to wait a couple of years before trying this?
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See my sig for my linuxonandroid project which is a great way to get Ubuntu running without removing android
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zacsthepack, I will also definitely give your linuxonandroid a shot if I ever manage to snag myself a tablet.. Would love to try Ubuntu on a tablet, I would try it on my phone but personally I think that would just be silly, since my phone isn't all that big
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Anybody given the Ubuntu ARM version a try?
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/OmapDesktopInstall
Before attempting an install of Ubuntu, how would I back up my entire Android hard drive in case anything goes t1ts-up and I need to revert everything back to factory quality settings?
Cheers
observation
the lemming said:
Anybody given the Ubuntu ARM version a try?
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/OmapDesktopInstall
Before attempting an install of Ubuntu, how would I back up my entire Android hard drive in case anything goes t1ts-up and I need to revert everything back to factory quality settings?
Cheers
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I could be mistaken here but it seems the point of the linuxonandroid project is so you can enjoy the functionality of the ubuntu OS without needing to do the steps you are talking about (backing up everything and nuking the OS).
Thebeast715 said:
I could be mistaken here but it seems the point of the linuxonandroid project is so you can enjoy the functionality of the ubuntu OS without needing to do the steps you are talking about (backing up everything and nuking the OS).
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bingo, android is not effected in any way (ok well a loop device is created but thats it) theres no chance of damage to your device and to uninstall you just delete the image file
From what I've seen, Ubuntu is actually working on a port for Android. Other than that, I'm not absolutely sure, but going by a completely uneducated guess, I'd say it's entirely possible because of Android's Linux-based core.
Hey,
I've been waiting long enough with installing Ubuntu on my device.. With the bootloader unlocked it's quite possible now, right?
Could someone maybe provide som links with info on the subject?
Cheers.
Worth bumping?
Is it even possible yet? Does it differ that much from installing it on TF201?
I also can't wait to (dual) boot this fine piece of machinery with Ubuntu.
There's a guy that has been quite successful with the Prime -- Google: androiroot mobi ubuntu
His latest Ubuntu-related post was on June 16. I'm not sure if he's done any work on it since.
i'm also VERY interested in this. googled for a while but couldn't find a tutorial suited for a noob like me.
seems like the bootloader has to be modified? and nvflash to create the needed partitions for multiboot?
Has anyone had any luck getting this to work? and if so how did you do it?
Thanks,
I really want to get my tf700 setup in a dual boot set up, but I am a noob when it comes to rooting and modifying android: so I would need a though tutorial.
About Asus TF700
Hello everybody!
Anybody have a progress in dual boot Ubuntu and Android?
Or maybe someone can install Ubuntu or other Linux OS to greatest device ever created by Asus - TF700???
I heard that TF201 already has an Ubuntu ported to it. I think that Ubuntu will provide some functions, that can't provide Android, I really need "Terminal" on my device and Python language, "Synaptic" and many other...
Please do someting that many users all over the world have an opportunity to install Ubuntu on Asus TF700!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1988170
Hello all,
I have an interesting problem I would love some information about. I recently bought an Asus Transformer Pad (TF300T). I have already unlocked the bootloader via the Asus utility, flashed TWRP recovery, and rooted it. Now I'm interested in the possibility of dual-booting.
I know that Ubuntu has support for ARM, but I have no experience installing something like that on a device like this. Ideally, I would install Ubuntu (or another Linux distro that supports ARM) to the external SD card and be able to choose at boot time to boot into Ubuntu or into Android. I have seen that some people did something like this on the TF101, but I don't know if that would still work.
If anyone has any ideas about this, I would appreciate hearing them.
Thanks,
Vincent
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hi to help to answer your question, if im correct because we do not have much support for building custom kernels to support dual booting into linux, that is a reason why currently there is zero support towards this feature, but there are alternatives, here is a link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...MsImNvbS56cHdlYnNpdGVzLmxpbnV4b25hbmRyb2lkIl0.
this link has an application to install linux on your asus tf300t tablet, it is confirmed to work with stock, but has not been tested on a custom rom, this is using the CHRoot method, aka running next to android requiring a vnc viewer to be used to view it and interact with it. this is not a dual boot, until developers on here can get a JB custom kernel that supports dual booting, there will simply be no possibility, plus we do not even have finished NVFlash files yet to help doing this/ unbrick our tablets. i hope this helped, if it did please hit the thx button below
Dual booting for TF300T
I am currently trying to Dual Boot the TF300T with Ubuntu as well with little success.
I've been going from the TF101 Method...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/ASUS_Eee_Pad_Transformer/How_to_install_Ubuntu/Ubuntu_Install
I have been unable to get Frank'sTools to Run through Windows, or Successfully use OliFE through Linux on my PC.
With OLiFE, Once I enter that I wish to Dualboot in the 2. Flash option, Nothing happens. Though it says it should ask me which system should be default etc. I have gone through the sh files and have tried to tweak them a bit to get the scripts to work, but nothing has worked.
There is a guide here for the TF201 which I am thinking of trying but you have to flash the boot.img whenever you want to switch between the OS by the look of it.
Not sure if it is worth trying though. The main reason why I want Linux is so that I can run DSUME since the current DS Emulator for Android isn't fantastic yet. (Good job so far though guys)
If Anyone has any ideas for how to Dual boot the TF300T, please let me know!!! I don't want to run linux through Android as this would be terrible for emulation
P.S. I am still a complete noob at all of this
Hi!
I'm surprised, nobody asked this already, at least I haven't found it:
Is there a way of flashing/upgrading my GT-S8500 phone a custom firmware/newer stock firmware using linux?
I know, s1 have to use multiloader for flashing, and it's windows only, but maybe some expert can tell me, if there's some alternative, even if it's harder/longer, way of reproducing what multiloader is doing, in linux. Thx in advance!
konrad.lorenz said:
Hi!
I'm surprised, nobody asked this already, at least I haven't found it:
Is there a way of flashing/upgrading my GT-S8500 phone a custom firmware/newer stock firmware using linux?
I know, s1 have to use multiloader for flashing, and it's windows only, but maybe some expert can tell me, if there's some alternative, even if it's harder/longer, way of reproducing what multiloader is doing, in linux. Thx in advance!
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What exactly are you trying to do. I'm not familiar with the s1 and it's 'multiloader'. Are you referring to dual booting? Sorry if i'm missing your question completely. Some of us at ArcDatum do embedded systems research with ARM boards and have various multibooting devices booting anything from basic stock android stuff to gentoo/arch linux distros both separately and in dual booting environments. We use dev boards like the BeagleBoard and Pandaboards.
If you're trying to flash something weird onto ur phone though, chances are you can't or shouldn't. The only reason why it's safe for us to do it with the dev boards is because the System on a Chip is configured (by pulling specific pins high or low) to boot from the SD card and read the bootloader from there. In the case of most phones, you have locked bootloaders and no way to change that without risking destroying your boot process.
I'm trying to upgrade the factory system of my phone to a newer factory one, or to turkocfw (at first try, i'd be happy with the factory one).
Basically this is done through Kies -but thats windows only- or Multiloader -which is also windows only-, but my laptop has linux on it. I want to know, if there is a way, if I can manually do on linux, what kies and multiloader does on windows.
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What exactly are you trying to do. I'm not familiar with the s1 and it's 'multiloader'. Are you referring to dual booting? Sorry if i'm missing your question completely. Some of us at ArcDatum do embedded systems research with ARM boards and have various multibooting devices booting anything from basic stock android stuff to gentoo/arch linux distros both separately and in dual booting environments. We use dev boards like the BeagleBoard and Pandaboards.
If you're trying to flash something weird onto ur phone though, chances are you can't or shouldn't. The only reason why it's safe for us to do it with the dev boards is because the System on a Chip is configured (by pulling specific pins high or low) to boot from the SD card and read the bootloader from there. In the case of most phones, you have locked bootloaders and no way to change that without risking destroying your boot process.
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Anyone?
That sounds a bit odd..I still dont quite understand how linux comes into play here. All the phones I've had deliver official Samsung updates over the air. Have you tried upgrading directly from ur phone?
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It should work under Wine or in a Virtual Machine. If you don't know what these are, you can easily Google them up. A basic concept
Also, for S8500 I would like to recommend http://darkforestgroup.com/forum/ a decent forum for all those older Samsung handsets.
Thats a good point. I havent used wine In a while. Although Id be careful of that, u kno, with the magic wine stuff that they pull off. Might cause some issues and risk ur phone
Edit: vm on the other hand id be more comfortable with
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I still dont quite understand how linux comes into play here.
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That's the operating system of my notebook. I want to use that computer for upgrading/flashing my phone.
ArcDatum said:
All the phones I've had deliver official Samsung updates over the air. Have you tried upgrading directly from ur phone?
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Yes, but the function is 'defect by design', it is FUBAR, that function doesn't work (not only for me, it doesn't work for anyone using the same system on their phone (bada1.2)). I don't know, if it is working on bada 2.0, because I can't upgrade it.
Eddie^^ said:
It should work under Wine or in a Virtual Machine.
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It should, but looks like it doesn't. Wherever I've looked (looks like I cannot post outside links to prove my point, sorry :S), I've found the same advice: "Don't use Kies in a VM!"
Eddie^^ said:
Also, for S8500 I would like to recommend darkforestgroup.com/forum/
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Thanx, I had a look at there, but didn't see anything related
So, the question remains the same, if anyone knows, how (exactly) multiloader works, and that working can be reproduced on linux (without multiloader)...
Or can this be achieved using Heimdall?
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Bump?
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I would like to know if it is possible as well. Otherwise I might test it, but I'm afraid to break my phone
working on Virtualbox
autra said:
I would like to know if it is possible as well. Otherwise I might test it, but I'm afraid to break my phone
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Ok, I can confirm it works using VirtualBox and Win7... No particular things to know, just follow the step as you would do on Windows !